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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
燕窩 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
燕窩 =
ㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄛ · yànwō
noun — edible bird's nest (a swiftlet's nest, eaten as a delicacy)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

swallow, swift (燕子)yàna pictograph — the swallow's head, wings, and forked tail
nest, den (鳥窩)
燕窩,燕子的燕,鳥窩的窩。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

子()築的),整隻鳥的頭、翅、尾都畫進了字裡。
The nest (窩) a swallow builds — and the graph 燕 draws the whole bird: head, wings, forked tail.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
yànzia swallow — the same